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en-usMedical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Scientists track restoration of communication in minimally conscious patientA severely brain injured woman, who recovered the ability to communicate using her left eye, restored connections and function of the areas of her brain responsible for producing expressive language and responding to human speech, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine scientists.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-12-scientists-track-minimally-conscious-patient.html
NeuroscienceThu, 08 Dec 2016 12:22:46 ESTnews400422157Depression in soldiers linked to brain disruption from injuryUsing multiple brain imaging techniques, researchers have found that a disruption of the circuitry in the brain's cognitive-emotional pathways may provide a physical foundation for depression symptoms in some service members who have suffered mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in combat. The researchers will present their findings today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-depression-soldiers-linked-brain-disruption.html
Psychology & PsychiatryTue, 29 Nov 2016 06:55:05 ESTnews399624897Successfully treating genetically determined autoimmune enteritisUsing targeted immunotherapy, doctors have succeeded in curing a type of autoimmune enteritis caused by a recently discovered genetic mutation. This report comes from researchers at the Department of Biomedicine of the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel. Their results raise new possibilities for the management of diarrhea, which is often a side effect of melanoma treatment.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-successfully-genetically-autoimmune.html
ImmunologyMon, 28 Nov 2016 12:30:43 ESTnews399558635Review suggests yoga beneficial in irritable bowel syndrome(HealthDay)—Yoga is associated with decreased bowel symptoms, disease severity, and anxiety in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to a review published in the December issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-yoga-beneficial-bowel-syndrome.html
HealthWed, 23 Nov 2016 18:20:01 ESTnews399144397Yogic breathing helps fight major depression, study showsA breathing-based meditation practice known as Sudarshan Kriya yoga helped alleviate severe depression in people who did not fully respond to antidepressant treatments, reports a new study published today in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study bolsters the science behind the use of controlled yogic breathing to help battle depression.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-yogic-major-depression.html
Psychology & PsychiatryTue, 22 Nov 2016 14:20:31 ESTnews399046816Opioids, NSAIDs no different overall for persistent pain after vehicle crashesPersistent pain is common among the nearly 4 million Americans who arrive each year at hospital emergency departments (EDs) after car crashes. A new study in the journal Pain that compared the two most common pain-relief drugs—NSAIDs such as ibuprofen and opioids such as oxycodone—found that the risk of reporting persistent pain six weeks after a crash was not statistically different among patients prescribed either medication at the ED.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-opioids-nsaids-persistent-pain-vehicle.html
MedicationsMon, 21 Nov 2016 16:44:18 ESTnews398969050Compromised immune system can be re-activatedFailure of the immune system during blood poisoning (sepsis) can be reversed by a specific sugar. This restores the ability of immune cells to respond effectively to infections. This week, researchers from Radboud University and Radboudumc published an article on this topic in Cell. These insights can lead to improved treatment of sepsis.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-compromised-immune-re-activated.html
ImmunologyFri, 18 Nov 2016 07:50:02 ESTnews398677044Low blood glucose levels in hospitalized patients linked to increased mortality riskIn hospitalized patients, low blood sugar—also known as hypoglycemia—is associated with increased short- and long-term mortality risk, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-blood-glucose-hospitalized-patients-linked.html
DiabetesThu, 17 Nov 2016 14:33:29 ESTnews398615604New low cost workforce is effective in decreasing depression burden in primary careThe Aging Brain Care Medical Home, a novel brain-focused population health management program implemented in the homes of older adults, lowered depression severity by more than 50 percent over six months according to a new study from the Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, IU Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science, and Eskenazi Health.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-workforce-effective-decreasing-depression-burden.html
HealthThu, 03 Nov 2016 11:24:02 ESTnews397391032Educational intervention aids problematic hypoglycemia(HealthDay)—A brief, partly web-based educational intervention, HypoAware, is beneficial for reducing severe hypoglycemic episodes and improving hypoglycemia awareness compared with usual care, according to a study published online Oct. 20 in Diabetes Care.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-intervention-aids-problematic-hypoglycemia.html
DiabetesTue, 01 Nov 2016 15:20:01 ESTnews397231568Results from the SENTINEL trial presentedA multicenter randomized trial evaluating the role of embolic protection using the Sentinel device during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) found that the device was safe but did not meet the primary efficacy endpoint of reduction in median new lesion volume in protected territories assessed by MRI at 2-7 days. In addition, neurocognitive function was not significantly improved.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-results-sentinel-trial.html
CardiologyTue, 01 Nov 2016 10:39:39 ESTnews397215572Results from the PARTNER I FIVE YEAR ECHO study presentedA substudy of the PARTNER I Trial and Continued Access Registry found that hemodynamic trends in patients who received transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) showed excellent durability without significant structural valve deterioration at five years. The trial represents the largest to-date longitudinal analysis of echocardiographic hemodynamic parameters systematically assessed by a core laboratory.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-results-partner-year-echo.html
CardiologyTue, 01 Nov 2016 10:37:35 ESTnews397215448Results of PARTNER II QUALITY OF LIFE study presentedPatients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) at intermediate surgical risk, and who are treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) had improved health status at one month compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) but two-year quality of life outcomes were similar. Prior studies have shown that TAVR results in an early quality of life (QoL) benefit in patients at high surgical risk; however, the effect of TAVR versus. SAVR on QoL in intermediate risk patients was unknown prior to this study.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-results-partner-ii-quality-life.html
CardiologyTue, 01 Nov 2016 10:35:05 ESTnews397215297New survey shows obesity ties cancer as top health threatAmericans take obesity as seriously as cancer, and say it's an even bigger health threat than heart disease, the nation's leading killer, yet most do not go beyond traditional diets or involve doctors in their largely unsuccessful personal struggles against the disease, according to a new survey by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the independent research organization, NORC at the University of Chicago. The findings were released here during ObesityWeek 2016, the largest international event focused on the basic science, clinical application and prevention and treatment of obesity.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-survey-obesity-ties-cancer-health.html
Overweight and ObesityTue, 01 Nov 2016 03:46:52 ESTnews397190787Procedure feared to 'suck brain from skull' safe for malaria patientsA Michigan State University researcher is challenging a widely held African belief that a spinal tap, a procedure safely used to treat other diseases, could suck the brain from the base of the skull and cause death in malaria patients.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-10-procedure-brain-skull-safe-malaria.html
NeuroscienceFri, 28 Oct 2016 16:00:01 ESTnews396853129Asthma study provides 'paradigm shift' in understanding of life-threatening conditionA new study led by the University of Leicester to understand how to improve the health of severe asthma patients has made a breakthrough finding.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-10-asthma-paradigm-shift-life-threatening-condition.html
Inflammatory disordersThu, 27 Oct 2016 10:01:13 ESTnews396781265Is bariatric surgery a cost-effective treatment for teens with severe obesity?In a study published online by JAMA Surgery, Chin Hur, M.D., M.P.H., of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and colleagues assessed the cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery for adolescents with obesity using recently published results from the Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery study.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-10-bariatric-surgery-cost-effective-treatment-teens.html
SurgeryWed, 26 Oct 2016 11:00:01 ESTnews396679132Many back pain patients get limited relief from opioids and worry about taking themMillions of people take opioids for chronic back pain, but many of them get limited relief while experiencing side effects and worrying about the stigma associated with taking them, suggests research presented at the Anesthesiology 2016 annual meeting.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-10-pain-patients-limited-relief-opioids.html
MedicationsSun, 23 Oct 2016 14:34:10 ESTnews396452045Study examines work status, productivity after bariatric surgeryIn a study appearing in the October 18 issue of JAMA, David R. Flum, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues assessed working status and change in productivity in the first 3 years following bariatric surgery for severe obesity.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-10-status-productivity-bariatric-surgery.html
SurgeryTue, 18 Oct 2016 11:00:02 ESTnews396005849Single home visit significantly improves adherence, reduces exacerbations in patients with severe asthma or COPDA single home visit to patients with severe asthma or COPD may significantly improve patient adherence with office visits and inhaler use and may reduce severe exacerbations requiring emergency department visits.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-10-home-significantly-adherence-exacerbations-patients.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesTue, 18 Oct 2016 02:45:27 ESTnews395977521Late mortality mainly noncardiac for TAVR patients(HealthDay)—For high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), late mortality is mainly related to noncardiac causes, according to research published in the Oct. 11 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-10-late-mortality-noncardiac-tavr-patients.html
CardiologyWed, 12 Oct 2016 12:50:01 ESTnews395494035Research finally reveals reason for perplexing red skin disease ichthyosisThe children and adults travel from as far as Australia, Africa and Mongolia to see her, because she is one of the few dermatologists in the world who specializes in the rare and perplexing genetic disease that causes their skin to be disfigured by redness and dark scales across their entire bodies.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-10-reveals-perplexing-red-skin-disease.html
ImmunologyFri, 07 Oct 2016 08:21:37 ESTnews395047290Severe burns, injuries from e-cigarette explosions go under-reported across the countryIn the first six months of 2016, doctors at the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals treated 10 inpatients with severe burns and facial fractures from e-cigarette explosions. Almost all of them required surgery, and one patient lost his eye when an e-cigarette exploded while he puffed on it.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-09-severe-injuries-e-cigarette-explosions-under-reported.html
HealthFri, 30 Sep 2016 07:25:28 ESTnews394439120Study demonstrates how bolstering protective protein in blood vessels helps body protect itself against cerebral malariaBoosting a protective protein to stabilize blood vessels weakened by malaria showed improved survival beyond that of antimalarial drugs alone in pre-clinical research.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-09-bolstering-protein-blood-vessels-body.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 29 Sep 2016 10:08:29 ESTnews394362496Ancient remedy becomes novel approach to treating Clostridium difficile infectionModern medicine is taking a new look at an ancient remedy for severe diarrhea as a novel approach to treat a serious gastrointestinal infection.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-09-ancient-remedy-approach-clostridium-difficile.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesThu, 22 Sep 2016 13:34:12 ESTnews393770044Simple urine test for motor neurone diseaseA researcher at Flinders University has developed a simple urine test that gives a quantitative measure of the severity of motor neurone disease.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-09-simple-urine-motor-neurone-disease.html
NeuroscienceWed, 21 Sep 2016 08:04:40 ESTnews393663871Men with anxiety are more likely to die of cancer, study saysMen over 40 who are plagued with the omnipresent of generalized anxiety disorder are more than twice as likely to die of cancer than are men who do not have the mental affliction, new research finds. But for women who suffer from severe anxiety, the research found no increased risk of cancer death.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-09-men-anxiety-die-cancer.html
Psychology & PsychiatryTue, 20 Sep 2016 16:55:03 ESTnews393609290Medication to prevent heart attacks linked with reduced heart attack severityMedications prescribed to prevent heart attacks such as statins and aspirin are also associated with reduced heart attack severity, according to research published in PLOS ONE. The observational study in nearly 15 000 patients provides further evidence of the benefit of taking these medications.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-09-medication-heart-linked-severity.html
CardiologyMon, 19 Sep 2016 08:35:55 ESTnews393492938Severe obesity and heart failure(HealthDay)—Severe obesity appears to be an independent risk factor for heart failure, a new study suggests.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-09-severe-obesity-heart-failure.html
CardiologyFri, 16 Sep 2016 16:36:40 ESTnews393262589A protein in mosquito spit can keep Dengue virus in checkMosquito saliva influences transmission of viruses to a bitten mammalian host. For example, it contains factors that dampen the host immune response and so facilitate infection. A study published in PLOS NTDs reports on a saliva protein with the opposite effect: D7, a protein present in Aedes aegypti saliva, binds to Dengue virus (DENV) and inhibits its transmission to human cells and mice. Antibodies against D7, which are present in humans exposed to mosquito bites, might therefore facilitate virus transmission and enhance disease severity.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-09-protein-mosquito-dengue-virus.html
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